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GREENHOUSE RHODODENDRONS. 
GREENHOUSE RHODODENDRONS. 
AND£RSONI, a handsome introduction from the Himalayas, giving veiy large and fine trusses of 
blossoms, which are of a bright rich carmine colour. 5s. and 7s. 6d. 
BARBATTJM, bright scarlet flowers, distinct and effective. 6s. 
COUNTESS OF HADDINGTON, very large blush white flowers ; an exceedingly beautiful hybrid 
variety. 5s., 7s. 6ci. and 10s. 6d. 
EDGWORTHII, a handsome free-flowering species, with largo pure white spreading shallow cup- 
shaped fragrant flowers. 5s. and 7s. 6d. 
FADCONERI, magnificently ornamental ; this species has the largest leaves of the genus. 7s. 6d. 
and 10s. 6d. 
FORMOSUM GRANDIFLORUM, a free-blooming variety, with finely fonned imre white flowers ; 
a neat growing kind, and very useful for conservatory decoration. 3s. 6rf. and 5s. 
FRAGRANTISSIMUM, a splendid hybrid between Ji, Edgworthii and R. formosum ((Hhsemi), 
partaking of the delicious fragrance of the former, and the shrubby habit and abundant flowering 
qualities of the latter. The flower, which is of great substance, and measuring upwards of 5 inches 
in diameter, is of the purest white, lightly spotted with ochre on the upper segment ; the back of the 
flower being delicately pencilled and shaded with rose. 5s. and 7s. 6d. 
FULGENS, blossoms of a rich fiery crimson colour ; very showy and eff’ective ; compact habit. 
5s. and 7s. 6d. 
GRIFFITHSII, bright carmine ; a desirable introduction from the Sikkim Hills. 7s. 6d. 
JAMESONI, flowers bright red, produced in large terminal trusses ; handsome and attractive. 
6s. and 7s. 6d. 
JASMINIFLORUII, an elegant free-blooming species, with fragrant white flower tubes, borne in 
clusters. 3s. 6<f., 5s. and 7s. 6d. 
JENKINSII, a handsome cvergi'een shrub, beaiing dark green leathery oblong lanceolate leaves. 
The flowers are exceedingly large, funnel-shaped, and of snowy whiteness. Its handsome wax-like 
attractive blossoms render it a most beautiful plant for conservatory decoration. 5s. and 7s. 6d. 
NUiAGIEICUmr, a magnificent species from the Neilgherry Hills, Nepanl, producing immense termi- 
nal trusses of fine large showy flowers, of a beautiful blush colour, blended Avith deep rich rose and 
shaded with soft rose ; light throat ; the segments are also ornamented towards the centre with 
small rosy spots. 5s. and 7s. 6d. 
PRINCESS ALEXANDRA, a pretty hybrid variety, of dwarf compact growth, wdth similar flowers 
to those of R. jasm/iniflorum, but larger and longer tubed, pure white, with pink stamens. A 
free-blooming plant, well adapted for conservatory decoration. 5s., 7s. 6d. and 10s. 6d. 
PRINCESS ALICE, a neat dwarf bushy -growing variety of the ciliatwm type, with comparatively 
small leaves, and producing clusters of deliciously-scented bell-shaped rvhite flowers, flushed with 
pink on the outer surface. 3s. Gd., 6s. and 7s. 6d. 
PRINCESS HELENA, this pretty hybrid form, with R. Princess AUxanch-a, rvas obtained from a 
cross with R. jasminiflorum, but is readily distinguished from it by its much longer-tubed flower.s, 
of a delicately tinted soft pink colour, streaked with darker shades. 6s. and 7s. 6(i. 
PRINCESS ROYAL, a handsome and distinct variety, of neat compact growth, with clusters of 
richly-shaded rose-coloured funnel-shaped flower tubes. 6s. and 7s. 6d. 
RETUS0M, this distinct species produces clusters of tubular orange-coloured flowers. 6s. & 7s. tjrf. 
THIBAUDIENSE, this is one of the Bhotan kinds, and combines the merits of rarity an<l 
remarkable form. At first sight, one would be apt to suppose that it might belong to the Correas, or 
rather to the Thibaudias, the flowers having the same alabaster-like translucent lustre as those of that 
family, and a good deal of the form and colour of some of the species of the genus — hence its name. 
Its tubular flowers are produced in terminal trusses, and are of a bright red colour. 6s. and 7s. 6rf. 
THOMPSONIANUM, bright scarlet ; cup-like floAvers of good form. 7s. 6<f. 
VEITCHIANUM, a beautiful species, with very large rvhite flowers, relieved by a yellow centre or 
base, and elegantly fringed or frilled on the margin. 5s., 7s. Gd. and 10s. Gd. 
VIRGATUM, a slender plant with the flow'ers solitary or in pairs, having the tube of the corolla short 
and obconical, and the limb segments spreading. The flowers in the different plants that have 
been raised from seed, vary in hue from blush to white. 5.s. 
VIRGATUM HYBRIDUM, a neat-habited bushy-gi'owing variety, producing fine trusses of 
beautiful pure white flowers, of good form. 5s. 
VIRGIN ALIS, the flowers of this extremely beautiful variety are large, funnel-shaped, and of an 
exceedingly pure white. It is a handsome-growing shrub, with fine dark green foliage, and form.s a 
splendid plant for conservatory decoration, the great size and snowy whiteness of its blossoms render- 
ing it extremely attractive. 7s. Gd. and 10s. Gd. 
